Dave Blezow has written the NFL predictions column in The Post’s Bettor’s Guide for the past 25 years. Here is his prediction and analysis of Sunday’s Super Bowl 53 between the New England Patriots and Los Angeles Rams.

This column went into the past two Super Bowls full-bore against the Patriots. I jumped on the Atlanta Falcons at +3 in Super Bowl LI, and that was looking good at 28-3 before the Patriots made their unbelievable comeback (winning by six with an overtime touchdown). Last year, I doubled down on the fearless Philadelphia Eagles at +4¹/₂, predicting an outright win for many of the reasons that eventually occurred.

But I’m not feeling any anti-Patriots urges this time for Super Bowl 53 in Atlanta. Here are some of the reasons why:

Bill Belichick and Tom Brady are the greatest coach/quarterback tandem in NFL history, and both seem to be completely on their games in this postseason.

Belichick had some surprises in store for the Los Angeles Chargers offense in the divisional round. The Patriots led 35-7 at halftime of an eventual 41-28 victory. The following week, the Patriots installed a handful of offensive plays on the day before the AFC Championship game against the Kansas City Chiefs, then used several of them with good success in their 37-31 overtime victory. This Patriots coaching staff — with offensive coordinator Josh McDaniels, offensive line coach extraordinaire Dante Scarnecchia and linebackers coach Brian Flores — are scheming up a storm and always seem to be a step ahead of the competition.

For his part, Brady appears to have even more determination than usual to win another ring after losing to Philadelphia last year. He has completed 71 percent of his passes (64-of-90) in the two postseason games, has been protected royally by his offensive line from elite pass rushers such as Melvin Ingram, Joey Bosa, Dee Ford and Justin Houston, and refused to let Patrick Mahomes touch the ball again at the end of the game when the Patriots defense could no longer stop him.

Which brings us to Nickell Robey-Coleman. He’s the cornerback who rightfully should have sent the Rams home from New Orleans with his obvious pass interference which somehow was not called by the officials. A penalty there would have allowed the Saints to drain the clock and win the NFC Championship with a short field goal with just seconds left.

Actually, it’s a tough call, anyway, because the Rams are 15-3 this season — which includes a shootout, 54-51 win over the Chiefs, and the 26-23 victory over the Saints in which quarterback Jared Goff certainly grew up as he survived the ungodly noise and advanced.

The decibels will be way lower inside Mercedes-Benz Stadium. Goff will be able to hear coach Sean McVay (a baby Belichick if ever there was one) in his ear up until the 15-second mark on the play clock. I’m figuring the Rams will be looking to get most of their plays off by that point anyway, in which case the Patriots’ disguised coverages wouldn’t work as well as they normally do.

I do believe the Rams will be able to move the ball and finish drives with touchdowns, which is the main reason for the score prediction that goes over one of the highest totals in Super Bowl history.

I don’t believe the Rams are going to try to milk the clock, pound the ball, keep it away from Brady. Maybe if Todd Gurley were at full strength McVay might consider that, but the big horse has a lingering knee injury that may have contributed to him getting just five touches versus the Saints (no one is saying for sure). So, more likely, McVay will go full-speed ahead and try to outscore the Patriots.

The Rams are strong in the middle of defensive line with Aaron Donald and Ndamukong Suh. Donald recorded 20.5 sacks this season and gets the kind of pressure on the interior that often has given Brady the most trouble (remember how the Giants pressured him in two Super Bowls). If the Rams are going to win this game, it will start there.

But the feeling here is Scarnecchia, Belichick and Brady (with his audibles) will be able to scheme away from this great Rams strength enough for Brady to be able to pick away at the weaker spots in the Rams defense. On the other side, it’ll be interesting to see which major weapon Belichick and Flores choose to neuter (i.e.: Tyreek Hill, one reception).

It all adds up to the Patriots -3 and Over 56 ¹/₂.

Patriots 34, Rams 27

Championship Sunday: 2-2 (1-1 sides, 1-1 Over/Unders).

Lock of the week total: Locks finish the 2018 season and postseason 14-5-1.